Re: (idm) Glass

From Rodney Perkins
Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 20:25

Can someone verify a Glass influence on Reich? I think they are 
contemporaries not student/teacher. Reich was doing tape pieces in the late
60s and early 70s and Glass was most likely doing the same arpeggio/broken
chord pieces for solo piano/organ and orchestra. Reich shows more depth and
substance than Glass ever will. Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians," "Electric
Counterpoint" and "Vermont Counterpoint" are so great.

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> Glass is a pomo wet dream avant-minimalist classical composer of the 60's
> and on, big Steven Reich and idm influence, big fan and virtuoso
> of the bleepbloop music.  Did a flick about the machinization of society
> with a daunting tribal name meaning "society out of balance".  Extent o'
> me own knowledge-- have no clue about current idm connections.
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> M.
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> If there's one thing I can't stand, it's up.
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